Giants' Fans
I feel your pain. No way the Giants should have lost that game. I thought only my beloved and fatally flawed Bills could lose like that. Brutal.
Everything Begins Somewhere
Greek wedding
Reflections on the World Series
Rivera is the difference. He was the only closer in this post season not to blow a save. I have a date with him in Cooperstown. He is my all time favorite player, surpassing Mickey Mantle. We will never again witness a closer dominating over an extended period a time as Mo. His career ERA in the post season is .74 over 29 playoff series and 88 appearances.
Matsui was remarkable. 615 batting average and 8 RBIs as a DH not playing in 3 games was astounding. I think not playing the field all season and not playing at all in interleague play saved his fragile knees.
The Phillies just did not have enough pitching. Once you got beyond Cliff Lee it was pretty sketchy. Lidge should be institutionalized. Girardi made a huge (and in my mind irresponsible) gamble going with Burnett on 3 days rest on the road in game 5. It backfired. However, he got away with it because Philly had to go with Pedro in game 6.
Pedro, a sure Hall of Fame pitcher, is done. He was lucky he did not give up 10 runs. He got by on guile in his first appearance, which he also lost, but had nothing in game 6. Unfortunately, his ego is so big he will not step away.
Jeter hit 407 in the Series. I know all you Yankee haters hate to hear this but he is one of the best players of this generation. The bigger the stage the better he performs.
Damon and Alex R were great situationally. Damon’s steal of 2nd and 3rd was the biggest play of the series. They had 4 and 6 RBIs respectively.
The biggest surprise was Damaso Marte. He appeared in 4 games, did not give up a hit or a walk and struck out 5.
Made a new desktop background.
Some fun facts:
exactly 27 pinstripes.
the font that made the championships fit perfectly across my screen? 27. weird.
Nice. Please put it somewhere where we can download.
Anxiety over
Quite a season for the Yankees. Started 14 and 15, losing 8 straight to the Red Sox and to wind up with #27. That is a staggering number of championships. For me having Andy Pettitte and Mariano Rivera get it done is extra special. Home grown and 5 rings. Mo is sure thing first ballot Hall of Fame. Andy is in the discussion, with best winning percentage of all active lefties and all time record for post season wins. If I had a vote he would get it.
High Anxiety
9 more out and they will all be tough.
Happy with this
Girardi
No matter what the outcome of the Series, I can never get behind Girardi as manager. I think he is horrible both strategically and situationally. He has made at least 10 decisions in the post season which have been stupid. He got away with a few of them but the majority have backfired. Pitching Burnett on 3 days rest on the road with a day off coming up and a 3 to 1 lead is mindboggling. I’m surprised his staff didn’t kidnap him, bind and gag him and act rationally. Joe, you need to win 4 games, not 4 out of 5 games, but 4 out of 7 games. Put your team in a position to win the series, not just a 5th game on the road. Now we have to get it done with guys on 3 days rest.
